CrazyLefty
Weaksauce
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OK So I was able to scrounge up some old pics from the first case mod that my wife and I did.
One major requirement for this case: It needed to be portable. Our house was a frequent LAN party destination, and we liked going to LAN parties as well. Space in our apartment at the time was limited, so we needed something that wasn't going to take up a lot of space, and could be easily transported.
I don't have many work in progress pics, just a lot of final pics. This was back before digital cameras took off, so pictures weren't as easy and cheap to snap, then you needed a scanner and such, what a mess.
Here's the back of the case, its tough to see, but I modded the PSU so that it's power plug came out the bottom of the PSU.
This was so I could plug it into the UPS that was inside the case! It never fails that when you are having a LAN party, the power is going to go out. I made sure that I always had my PC up and running. One of the momentary switches on the back of the case was wired to the on/off switch on the UPS, so we could shut it off for transport, but on more than one occaision on short trips, we just left it on and listened to that annoying little beep as we drove to the destination. Loved getting out of the car with a fully powered-on PC!
You can see the VGA cable snaking back into the case. Why you ask?
For the Monitor mounted to the side of it, of course!
This Samsung SyncMaster was a beautiful monitor. Not only did it have a VGA connector, it also had a built-in TV tuner, SVGA inputs, RCA (Red,Yellow,White) inputs, had picture-in-picture, and a remote! I loved this little monitor!
I mounted it to the side where you would normally (at that time, these is before any variation of ATX form factors were around) as all the wiring running to it was too bulky to fit behind the motherboard tray, very minimal clearance on that side.
I don't have pics of it, but the back of the case had RCA and SVGA ports fitted into a PCI slot cover, so we could bring game stations along and plug them into the back of the PC, then switch the input and get some console gaming going!
The wireless KB/Mouse receiver was mounted to the outside with velcro. Look at that beast compared to the super-micro receivers around today!
Here's a different angle.
One major requirement for this case: It needed to be portable. Our house was a frequent LAN party destination, and we liked going to LAN parties as well. Space in our apartment at the time was limited, so we needed something that wasn't going to take up a lot of space, and could be easily transported.
I don't have many work in progress pics, just a lot of final pics. This was back before digital cameras took off, so pictures weren't as easy and cheap to snap, then you needed a scanner and such, what a mess.
Here's the back of the case, its tough to see, but I modded the PSU so that it's power plug came out the bottom of the PSU.
This was so I could plug it into the UPS that was inside the case! It never fails that when you are having a LAN party, the power is going to go out. I made sure that I always had my PC up and running. One of the momentary switches on the back of the case was wired to the on/off switch on the UPS, so we could shut it off for transport, but on more than one occaision on short trips, we just left it on and listened to that annoying little beep as we drove to the destination. Loved getting out of the car with a fully powered-on PC!
You can see the VGA cable snaking back into the case. Why you ask?
For the Monitor mounted to the side of it, of course!
This Samsung SyncMaster was a beautiful monitor. Not only did it have a VGA connector, it also had a built-in TV tuner, SVGA inputs, RCA (Red,Yellow,White) inputs, had picture-in-picture, and a remote! I loved this little monitor!
I mounted it to the side where you would normally (at that time, these is before any variation of ATX form factors were around) as all the wiring running to it was too bulky to fit behind the motherboard tray, very minimal clearance on that side.
I don't have pics of it, but the back of the case had RCA and SVGA ports fitted into a PCI slot cover, so we could bring game stations along and plug them into the back of the PC, then switch the input and get some console gaming going!
The wireless KB/Mouse receiver was mounted to the outside with velcro. Look at that beast compared to the super-micro receivers around today!
Here's a different angle.
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